Answering specific autograph authenticity questions and help

[Mr. Zipper]

Ken & Shelly

Thanks. This clarifies.

[frankh8147]

Ken,
I posted this card on another thread was was kindly re-directed here. I bought the below Maddux years ago and assume it is a fake but I have no expertise whatsoever in autographs so could you tell me if this auto is real or not? Thanks! -Frank

[kengoldin]

WHile SB did insert, in 1 product I believe, other companies autographed cards into a product, signed by players it had under contract, and used that seal, I am also told that after I was gone from SB people walked out with the seals, and that those corporate seals were counterfeited as well. In addition, Maddux was an expensive autograph at the time and SB did not have a lot extra to use, and typically the product would have been filled with players who SB had 'too many' autos remaining under contract in order to liquidate them.

With the above in mind, coupled with fact IMO it looks like an attempt to copy Maddux's signature , i would say not authentic.

[HRBAKER]

I can't decide what looks worse, his signature or his moustache.
In fairness though - he has never had an attractive signature.

[chaddurbin]

maddux' modern sig is chicken scratch.

ken--i believe the cards below originated from sb? i see alot of these serial'ed cards with sb certs, so you guys must've had him under contract at one point? these seems to have originated in 1988.

[kengoldin]

yes, maddux did have an sb contract
yours looks good.
the other looked too neat (yes, too legible) for the autos i received from Greg in the mid 1990s